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Administrative Areas

Ward
Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown
Local Authority
Croydon
Constituency
Croydon South
Region
London
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
138
Population
345
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
107
England❚CR8 1EN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
50
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
345
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
268
Single
80
Married
156
Civil partnership
2
Separated
3
Divorced
15
Widowed
12

Health

Population
345
Very good
173
Good
135
Fair
25
Bad
10
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
268
England❚CR8 1EN❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
93
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
345
White British
259
White Irish
6
White Other
20
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
15
Asian Pakistani
3
Asian Other
6
Black African
9
Black Caribbean
4
Black Other
5
Arab
4
Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
345
England
277
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
7
Wales
3
Ireland
5
France
1
Germany
4
Poland
3
Turkey
2
Nigeria
1
Kenya
4
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
1
India
9
Pakistan
2
Philippines
1
USA
2
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Carribean
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
345
Christian
217
Hindu
10
Jewish
1
Muslim
13
Sikh
3
Other
1
No religion
66
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
178
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
17
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
20
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
27
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
237
England❚CR8 1EN❚
Full-Time employee
118
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
31
Unemployed
10
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
138
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
74
Rented - council
3
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
138
Unoccupied
1
Detached
38
Semi detached
77
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
17
Flat - in commerical building
5

Household Size

All categoies
138
One person
37
Two people
41
Three people
22
Four people
30
Five people
8

Nearby postcodes

CR8 5GR CR8 5BT CR8 5GB CR8 5GE CR8 5GD CR8 5AF CR8 5AJ CR8 1EW CR8 1EZ CR8 1ET CR8 5BA CR8 1EU CR8 1EL CR8 1ES CR8 1EQ

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019